Ok so start with a basic circle. I am making a gift tag so I am choosing a specific size for it, but of course whatever size you need for your project will be perfect!
Now that we have a circle click your text tool and type out your text. Ok super easy right, now for the magic!!
Do you see this little arrow toggle to the left of the text? grab that little guy and drag it on to your circle. Holy cow right? Move it around and you can place it wherever you want it.
So right now your text is on the outside of the circle. You will see a slider bar to the left of the text now that you are on a path. You can move it up and down to choose where you want the text placed on your path. You can also use the character spacing slider to provide the appropriate spacing while creating this as well.
Ok so now I have it exactly how I want it. You now have your text all set up to cut out. The path "circle" has turned gray. This lets you know that it will not cut out the path used. You can see this by clicking on your cut settings tool as well
I am creating a circular gift tag so I am going to make a ring that the "Happy Holidays" text will weld with.
To create this look drag your arched text to the ring.
Slice the ring just inside the "Happy Holidays" text on either side of it.
Weld the ring and "Happy Holidays" text together. There you have it, wasn't that super easy! Have a great day and play away!
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oh my word, the Silhouette just keeps getting better!!
ReplyDeleteWoah! Now, that's good stuff!
ReplyDeleteLove it! I just keep loving the Silhouette Studio software more and more every day!
ReplyDeleteAwesome. I LOVE these tutorials. I'll have my Silhouette SD this weekend. YEHA. :)
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wow!
ReplyDeleteI'll never get my Christmas shopping done now... There just are not enough hours in a day to play with my sil and shop...
ReplyDeleteThis text option is awesome...
Thank you, M.E.
hmmmm...I don't get the little arrow toggle after I have typed the text - have tried everything from highlighting text to changing font etc.!! anyone got any suggestions? I have been desperate to do this for ages!! ta, sam
ReplyDeleteWhat exactly is causing the little confusion? Let me know so I can help you figure it out.
ReplyDeleteTo do this do I need to have installed the latest update?
ReplyDeleteI wanna know how to angle the font ... I'm using the mac software.. any help would be OOOOO so great!
ReplyDeleteI'm not getting the arrow toggle either? Hmmm. I'm using the mac software and I just updated it. What gives?
ReplyDeleteOk for those of you who do not see the toggle. Will you please make sure you are currently running Silhouette Studio Software 1.3.0. If you are and are not seeing this, contact customer support at support@silhouetteamerica.com Thanks!
ReplyDeleteOk I got everything perfect and ready to do the "cut" the inside of the text and it does but I can not take out the bottom piece like you did. HELP!
ReplyDeleteyeah! I re dl'ed the software..and now when I go by the circle I get the arrow! YEAH! THANKS TRACI!!!
ReplyDeleteWOW I'm sure glad I invested in this babe.....Its gettin bettah all the time!!
ReplyDeleteWTG Silhouette!!!
oh dang, I don't even know how to do the first step. How do you make a circle? I see the oval button. Where are there directions for these basic steps? The manual on the site isn't much help:(
ReplyDeleteOK I updated my software to 1.3.0 and it works now! Thanks! My images automatically moved to the new software!
ReplyDeleteThank you! Traci. I've always wanted to be able to do this, but never knew how. I love your weekly tut's x
ReplyDeleteThanks for the tutorial! I love these tutorials. It helps me to use my silhouette more.
ReplyDeleteI can't get it slice right either...the words seem like they're underneath and just making the line with the knife tool doesn't cut it. Help!
ReplyDeleteNICE!!! Thank you for the tutorial!!!
ReplyDeleteI can't get it to slice either. What are we doing wrong?
ReplyDeleteJody, to get the circle just hold down the shift key as you drag out with the oval shape. You can get all your shapes symmetrical that way.
ReplyDeleteI love this new text wrapping feature; I just can't get my knife tool to work the same. And when I try some of the modify functions it just freezes up my program. I'll keep working at it.
ReplyDeleteWOW! Christmas came early! This tool is awesome - there's nothing else I need, as long as I have my Silhouette!
ReplyDeleteWow ! I have been waiting for this, Goodbye Inkscape.
ReplyDeleteI can't get my knife tool to work like the tutorial, either. I've used it before for other things without a problem. The bottom part of the ring won't separate. I even tried uninstalling and reinstalling the SW, but no luck.
ReplyDeleteOk thanks Kraftingkelly! Got the circle! Now I don't know how you got the circle back from gray to red with double lines??? Can someone help me?Thanks:0)
ReplyDeleteJust a quick note to let you know that a link to this post will be placed on CraftCrave in the Cutting category today [21 Dec 01:00am GMT]. Thanks, Maria
ReplyDeleteOkay, Newbie user here.
ReplyDeleteI get as far as the knife. I'm pretty literal with the directions written-I drag the text circle to the rings then cut with the knife. When I create the cut, the text jumps off the rings and becomes straight. Is there a way to select the circles {without selecting the text circle} to cut them?
PS I love my silhouette :)
can't get the knife feature too... i seem to be making a cut with the knife but nothing pops away like yours does...
ReplyDeleteP.S.awesum tute... pls keep them coming... :)
Congratulations! It 's wonderful! But the font you used I can not find it anywhere :-( Uff ...
ReplyDeleteI love Silhouette :)
I also cannot get the slice tool to slice the arc off. It makes my text straight. Why?
ReplyDeleteOk- I don't know how Traci made her ring, but here's how I got it to work... I did the circle and then offset it. If you do the knife tool with it like this, it doesn't work because it's 2 separate paths (I guess). I selected the circles that made the ring, made a COMPOUND path under the MODIFY menu, and then used the knife and it worked. Maybe there's a more direct way, I don't know.
ReplyDeleteI am very much a rookie at this, but after reading all these tips, I finally got it. I made the ring like Lynness suggested (thank you) and was able to cut the piece out (but I had to put the text on the ring, mark where I wanted to cut by holding my finger there while I moved the text away, cut the ring, and repeat for the other side!) Then in order to weld them together I had to make the text and the grey ring a compound path too. I'm sure there's an easier way, but I'm just learning and that's how I got it to work! Please post if you have any easier ways to do it!! :)
ReplyDeleteOk, I played a little more, then my text started jumping off the path too because I was trying different things. This happens when your knife tool slices the grey path as well as your ring, so the text no longer has that part of the path to follow. Make your circle, put your text on it, then drag to select just the text without the circle. Under MODIFY, select MAKE a compound path. Then you can take the text off the path because it is no longer text ON a path, it IS a path in its own right. Make your ring with 2 circles (change your grey circle to a cut line and offset it or make a new circle the same size and offset or duplicate and resize) and make a compound path with the 2 circles. Line up your text and your ring, do the knife thing, delete the extra you cut off, select all and weld. I have no idea how Traci did it without making the text a compound path, but this works.
ReplyDeleteLynness that is exactly how I made my ring great job!!!
ReplyDeleteAhh, that makes sense, thanks so much Lynness! I love that we can do this now, thanks Traci!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the explanation, Lynness! Working on this now... only it keeps freezing when I cut the compound path for the ring... patience is a virtue, right? :)
ReplyDeleteI got it to work! Thanks, Lynness. I had to do an internal offset to make it work.
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I just got my silhouette a month ago and absolutely love it. For the first couple of weeks I used the old software because I forgot there was an update. Well, I just love the update. It is so much more flexible. I also used this tutorial and love the end result! Can't wait for the next tutorial!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Lynness! I had tried most of those steps but not all of them. That helps.
ReplyDeleteWorked like a charm, Lynness! Thanks for your help.
ReplyDeleteLynness! Wouldn't have been able to do it without your help. Thanks.
ReplyDeletehow do we know to do all the compound stuff if not memtioned in tutorial? I am a newbie and would have never known to do that. Also my text appears upside down when I drag it to circle. Boy an I a newbie huh?
ReplyDeleteThank you, Lynness and Traci! This is fun!
ReplyDeleteGreat tutorial. This is an amazing machine.
ReplyDeleteUm, hello...where has this tutorial been all my life?? Thank you!
ReplyDeleteThis is a great tutorial!!
ReplyDeletei've come over from little miss momma to say hi! "hi!"
ReplyDeleteyou just made my life alot easier;) Thank you so much for such a great software!!!
ReplyDeleteFabulous tutorial!! I hope to win the one from LMM so I can play too!
ReplyDeleteThat tag is absolutely gorgeous!!!!
ReplyDeleteAwesome! Can't tell you how great this machine would be for me as a graphic designer. It's almost a never ending opportunity for me to crank out ideas. Here's hoping for a late Christmas suprise!
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I LOVE this! I'm stopping by from Little Miss Momma. :)
ReplyDeleteThis is just too cute!
ReplyDeleteI checked out this blog via the fabulous Brown Paper Packages
love this, new follower from little miss momma
ReplyDeleteI love that you have tech support and ideas on here!
ReplyDeleteI am a Silhouette user in Australia and I also do not know why the Tutorials are not in step-by-step instructions. Its seems that a number of very vital steps have been missed I too had never heard of compound paths until I read this blog. Not very helpful for people who are trying to learn this machine, but I do LOVE my Silhouette.
ReplyDeleteHow do you use the knife in this design. I can't get it to cut.
ReplyDeleteThese tips are perfect for a project I hope to do!
ReplyDeleteWow I think I could do this!
ReplyDeleteLove it! How can I pick just one project when there are so many amazing things to do with this machine?
ReplyDeletesuper cute! sent from the LMM blog!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great tute. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteLove it!
ReplyDeleteI checked out this blog according to the fabulous Brown Paper Packages. The tool looks so cool....
ReplyDeleteI would LOVE to have this!! I am entering as many times as I can on http://www.diaperswappers.com/diaper-blog/silhouette-craft-cutting-machine-giveaway/comment-page-5#comment-1618 !!!
ReplyDeleteI would love to win so cool!
ReplyDeletelittle miss momma sent me. i hope I can win one of these awesome machines!
ReplyDeleteI am so confused! I got my circle. I wrote out my words, I grabbed the toggle and dragged it onto the circle. Then nothing. The words are not wrapping! I checked to make sure I had 1.3.0 and I am not getting the words to wrap. HELP!!!
ReplyDeleteI am trying to put the words at the top of the circle, but they go in upside down. How do I fix this????
ReplyDeleteA video tutorial of this would be great!
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